Keith Scarfe wrote:Thread resurrection time
Spyder fan wrote:
I'm currently fitting the Beat 175 deckless unit to my S4 Elan ..... I will report back once it's up and working and hopefully have a good report to give
I think you forgot to report back Alan
This Beat unit looks like a good option. I might try one. How is it? I assume you fitted it ok. Is the sound ok? Does it look ok'ish (as can be) on the dash (modern unit on classic dash)? SD/USB work ok?
Thanks for any info.
Keith.
Hi Keith,
In all the excitement of getting my S4 finished and on the road I didn't have a lot of time or inclination to listen to the radio, I was far more interested in the music coming from under the bonnet and out of the tail pipe
The unit doesn't look out of place on the dash to my eyes, although I'm sure some would disagree.
I'm reasonably pleased with it, as it does what it says on the tin, the SD card and usb work fine and I have all my albums loaded up on a couple of cards that i leave in the glovebox. The downside for a drop head is that the display is a little weak in full daylight. Musical quality is reasonable, but you have to bear in mind again that it's a drophead and also there is limited space as always to fit speakers. I have 2no 4 1/2 inch dual cone speakers in the door bottoms on the front carpeted area of the door cards and 2no 5 1/2 inch dual cone speakers in the side panels behind the seats. The power output from the unit hardly tests the speakers and an amplifier might be on the cards if I was 30 years younger and wanted to be anti-social, but it's plenty loud enough to listen to in reasonable clarity with the top down at 70mph; you just have to remember to turn the sound down when you go through towns and villages or you get looks for the wrong reasons (anti-social).